Recognised as Colour

#5F5F09

#5F5F09
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#5F5F09 is a yellow with RGB values 95, 95, 9 and HSL 60°, 83%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#5F5F09#5F5F09

HEX#5F5F09

RGBrgb(95, 95, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.3725, 0.0353

RGB percentages37.3%, 37.3%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(60, 82.7%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 90.5%, 37.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 90.5%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,250,249

CSS custom property--colour: #5F5F09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.71:1

Contrast with white6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#A0A0F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#695D12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#675850no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.8 Olive · ΔE 18.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.7 Dark green · ΔE 33.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#09095F

Analogous#5F3409, #345F09

Triadic#095F5F, #5F095F

Split complementary#09345F, #34095F

Tetradic#095F34, #09095F, #5F0934

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEEE46

Lighter +30%#E9E918

Lighter +20%#BCBC12

Lighter +10%#8E8E0D

Darker −10%#303005

Darker −20%#020200

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#686800

Less saturated −25%#525216

Channel breakdown

R95

G95

Red95 (37.3%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)82.69%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR 5F · G 5F · B 09

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